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Overpass proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport Le Anh By Le Anh - The Saigon Times Daily
A view of Tan Son Nhat airport. The airport’s authority has proposed building an overpass linking Truong Son Street and the passenger terminals of the airport to ease traffic congestion on nearby roads - PHOTO: ANH QUAN
HCMC – The authority of Tan Son Nhat airport has proposed the city government build an overpass linking Truong Son Street and the passenger terminals of the airport to help ease traffic congestion on nearby roads. Statistics of the airport showed more than 30,000 vehicles move to and from the airport a day, including over 22,000 cars and 7,000 motorcycles. The total number does not include vehicles of over 10,000 employees of the biggest international airport in Vietnam. Traffic jams have been seen on the streets in front of the airport since end-2014, particularly since Pham Van Dong Street leading to the airport was opened to traffic. Therefore, the airport … [Read more...] about Overpass proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport

VietNamNet Bridge - To improve the quality of services at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat airport, the taxi lobby at the airport has doubled in size and super-high speed Wi-Fi system will be installed.
In October 2015, the international airport of Tan Son Nhat was named among the top ten worst airports in Asia in the year by The Guide to Sleeping in Airports website.
Dang Tuan Tu, Director of Tan Son Nhat International Airport, said the taxi lobby was expanded to relieve passengers in the peak hour at the domestic terminal. The new taxi lobby opened on December 23 and the work will help double the capacity during the Christmas and New Year.
In parallel with the expansion of the taxi lobby, Tan Son Nhat Airport is building a 5-storey garage in front of the domestic terminal with a total area of more than 68,000 m2. The work will be put into use in March 2016.
Leaders of Tan Son Nhat airport hoped that the new projects would help deal with the current limitations, of the airport, … [Read more...] about Tan Son Nhat Airport offers super-high speed Wi-Fi

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The Southern Airports Authority (SAA) has worked with service providers at Tan Son Nhat airport over solutions to improve services after the biggest international airport in Vietnam was ranked Asia’s fourth worst airport by travel website The Guide to Sleeping in Airports.
Tu said with the strong growth in the past years, the airport would serve 25.7-26 million passengers this year while its international terminal’s expansion by an additional 6.3 hectares would not be completed after 2016.
According to Tu, the airport’s domestic terminal is overloaded as it does not have separate departure and arrival halls.
Motorcycle parking is also to blame for poor service. The existing parking lot can house 4,000 bikes and cannot be further expanded. Sometimes the place is full and cannot take in more bikes.
"With annual growth of 15% and three million more passengers going through Tan Son Nhat, the number of passengers at the airport will reach 30 million in … [Read more...] about Overload blamed for poor service quality at Tan Son Nhat airport

VietNamNet Bridge – The parking lot of HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport is designed for several hundred cars, but up to 4,000 taxis and thousands of cars go in and out of the airport every day.
Outside the airport, the waiting area for taxis is always crowded. The roads to the airport - Bach Dang and Hong Ha – often have traffic jams.
Overpass proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport
The authority of Tan Son Nhat airport has proposed the city government build an overpass linking Truong Son Street and the passenger terminals of the airport to help ease
traffic congestion on nearby roads.
Statistics of the airport showed more than 30,000 vehicles move to and from the airport a day, including over 22,000 cars and 7,000 motorcycles. The total number does not
include vehicles of over 10,000 employees of the biggest international airport in Vietnam.
Traffic jams have been seen on the streets in front of the airport since end-2014, particularly … [Read more...] about In pictures: Traffic congestion at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat airport worsens

City mulls metro track to Tan Son Nhat airport Anh Quan By Anh Quan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The government of HCMC is looking for financial support to carry out the pre-feasibility study for a metro section linking Metro Line No. 5 with Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Tan Binh District. The 2-kilometer-long section is envisioned going underground from the Cong Hoa station of Metro Line No. 5 to the biggest international airport in Vietnam and have two stations, according to the city government’s document sent to the Ministry of Planning and Investment on Tuesday. The document said there has not been any study for building the planned metro section, which is expected to meet the demand of a large number of passengers for travelling to and from Tan Son Nhat airport. The city government is seeking investors for a number of metro lines and will prioritize the public-private partnership (PPP) format for these projects. The city government proposed the … [Read more...] about City mulls metro track to Tan Son Nhat airport